Controlling mechanism.



F. F. GILLETT.

CONTROLLING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED IULY24. ms. RENfiWED MAY 24.1916.

1,210,303. Patented Dec. 26,1916.

FREDF. GILLETT, OF HALFWAE, OREGON.

I CONTROLLING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent, Paiggntgfl Dec 26, 1916,

Applieationfiled July 24, 1915, Serial No. 41,706. ReneWed IMay 24, 1916; Serial No. 99,705.

To all whom iii-may concern Be it known that 1,.Fnnn F. Grnnn'rr, a citizen, ofi the: United States, residing at Halfway,;in thecounty of Bakerand State of Qregon, have IlIlVBIltBClrCBltitlIl new and" useful: Improvements in Controlling Mechanisms, of which the-following; 1s .a SPBCl-fication.

T his invention relates to devices for controlling I an operatin w mechanism and has speoml reference ilOrFlGVlCQS for controlling brakes or clutcheson automobiles. It 1s however, susceptible ofzusein variousothen connections;

1 One: object of, the present invention is to provide i mechanism of simple construction ancbarrangement of parts which Will be al- Ways under the control of the operator and which be manipulated by a slight movement ofcthe operatofis foottozeither apply or; release the-brake, clutch, or other media nismicontrolled thereby. I

A further, object of the invention is to provide a. novel mechanism for the stated purpose n which Will act positively and: Will not be liableoto get-outof order a Eurther incidental ,obj ects of they invention \villla-ppearasathe description of thesa-me proceeds and; theinven-tion resides in cer-' tain; novel: features Which Will be particularly pointed out .inthe claims following the;

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Eiguxel isa; sectional elevation of the dewice,illustrating thellltl-Ii-nerv of mounting the same upona vehicle, andiFig; 2 is,.a

perspective view of the operating parts re moved from the casing shown in 1 1g. 1.

Ii applying my: inventiontoan automobile or other vehicle, I constructthe dash 1 of, thevehicle withfa vertical slot 2, and to the under or forwardslde oflthe. dash, I secure. a. housing or cas1ngy3, the rear end of which. extends around: the said slot, the

upper, endof the slotbeing shaped;to provide Hilda-V1 or dogfl, the purpose ofavhioh Willpresently' appear.- Below, the dash'and housing, I secure to. theivehicle inany desired or convenient, manner, a transverse. rod 5 upon which is, rotatably mounted a hub. or sleeve 6. Aradial arm 7 1 is rigidwithlsaid hub. or sleeve 6 andm spring 8 is securedto,

the said arm t and hold: it normally in such a position that; the brake; will be eunapplied. An-oppositely disposed radial arm- 9visaalso rigid With the hub 011 sleeve 6 and extends therefrom, the free enda-of this+arm being connected by llrlll'lk 10 Witlrthe brake, clutch, or; other, mechanism to be; manipulated. A third arm or lever 11 projects forwardly from the; hub or sleeve, 6, at a1p0intinter mediate the arms v7 andi9' andtheoutenf'ree end of; thisarmor :leveri 11! hasI pivotally, attached thereto, anupper bar 12 Which: extends; upwardly and rearwardly and also downwardly froin. the; said: lever; as clearly shown. The innerglower 'endv of this bar 12 is conneotedvwith ithe lever-11 by a spring 13 which tends to 1 throivthe upper; portion of; said bari upwardlyv and, thereby carry a; rack ll, formed on the uppenedge of; the same, into engagement With the tooth, pawl, or: holding dog; Tothe upper rear end of the-said'bar- 12,1E pivotally, attach a footrest or trea'dle15 vand to. the heelfportion of I near the forward end -thereof, Lpivot a trip 1 ,7 or lever 17 which is of ogeeshapeso as to.

present a cam liftingsurfaee l8-adapted to bear against: the under; edge ofa, latch-19 Which is pivotally attached to the upper bar 12 on the side of the same as shown andas Willbe readily understood, The upper end ofthe trip 17 is, disposed in rear. ofithe latch 19, and ispivoted to the upper billl';-l2 as shown at 20. I

Itwill be notedthatthe upper,bar=12 and the latch 19, are disposed close tothe top of thefhousing 3. apply,- the brake, the operator exerts a slight pressure, upon the toe-portion. of the; footrest 15 therebypushing the bar12 forwardly, and; downwardly Within the, housing and consequently, swinging the lever 11,, about therod 5 as a, center; A pushing force is thereby exerted upon thelink 10 Which will cause the brakes to be set and the. spring, 8

When, it, isdesired to,

will be put under an increased tension through the movement of the arm 7 in a direction opposite to that of the arm 9. When it is desired to release the brakes, 'a slight push is exerted upon the lower bar 16 through the heel portion of the foot-rest and the foot-rest will, consequently, be caused to swing upon its pivotal connection with the upper bar 12 so that the lower bar 16 will be pushed forwardly and downwardly. The trigger or trip 17 will, of course, swing upwardly through its pivotal connections with the bars 16 and 12 and the cam surface 18 of said trip will consequently be caused to act upon the latch 19 so that the said latch will swing upwardly against the top plate of the housing 3. Further movement of the latch being thereby resisted, the continuous pressure exerted through the bar 16 will cause the said latch to act as a fulcrum about which the trip 17 will rock, the pivot 20 being thereby caused to move downwardly and the bar 12 being, of course, given a similar movement so that the rack 14: will be released from the tooth 4, whereupon the spring 8 will contract and return the parts to normal initial position. When it is desired to again apply the brake, the pressure is exerted through the foot-rest upon the upper bar 12 so that the foot-rest will swing about its pivotal connections with the arms 12 and 16 and the said upper bar will be pushed forwardly and downwardly as previously described.

It will be readily noted that I have provided an exceedingly simple device which operates efiiciently at all times. The spring 13 serves to maintain the proper operative relation of the lever 11 and the upper bar 12 at all times while the spring 8 tends to release the brake immediately upon the said bar 12 being released from its engagement with the tooth a. It will, of course, be understood that the link 10 may be connected with a clutch and the parts may be arranged so that the clutch will be normally applied or normally released, as preferred.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1 1. A mechanism for the purpose set forth comprising an oscillatory lever, means for connecting said lever to a mechanism to be controlled thereby, a pair of reciprocatory bars, one of said bars being connected to said lever, means for holding said bar in a set position, a manipulating device connected with each of said bars, and connections between the bars whereby to release the bar connected to the lever.

2; The combination of. an oscillatory lever, connections between said lever and a device to be controlled, a setting bar connected to said lever, a releasing bar, connections between the releasing bar and the setting bar, and a. manipulating member common to the setting and releasing bar.

3. The combination of a sleeve mounted for rotary movement, connections between said sleeve and a device to be controlled, yieldable means acting upon said sleeve to hold said device in a normal position, a lever carried by said sleeve, a setting bar connected with said lever, means for holding said setting bar in an adjusted position, a releasing bar, and connections between said releasing bar and the setting bar whereby to release said holding means.

4. The combination of a setting bar, means whereby movement of said setting bar will operate a mechanism to be controlled, a releasing bar, means for operating the setting bar and the releasing bar, and cam connections between the said bars whereby operation of the releasing bar will move the setting bar to inoperative position.

5. The combination of a setting bar, a lever pivoted to said bar between the ends thereof, connections between said lever and a device to be controlled, a spring connecting the lever with one end of said bar, means acting upon the opposite end of said bar to actuate the same, means near the last named end of the bar to hold the same in a set position, and means acting upon an intermediate portion of the bar to release the same.

6. The combination of a setting bar, connections between said bar and a device to be controlled, means for actuating said bar to set said device, a releasing bar, a latch upon the setting bar, and a trip carried by the releasing bar and engaging said latch whereby to release the setting bar.

7. The combination of a housing, a setting bar disposed within the housing near the top thereof, connections between the setting bar and a device to be controlled thereby, a releasing bar disposed below the setting bar, a. foot-rest pivotally connected to the ends of the said bars at one side of the housing, a latch pivoted at one endto the setting bar, and a trip pivoted at its ends to the setting bar and the releasing bar respectively and provided between its ends with a cam portion engaging the lower edge of the said latch.

8. The combination of a fixed support having a slot therein, a tooth formed at one end of said slot, a housing extending from said support, upper and lower bars extending through said slot and into said housing, the upper bar being formed on its upper edge with a rack adapted to engage said tooth and having its inner end extended be yond the housing, a foot-rest pivotally attached to both of said bars, connections be tween the inner end of the upper bar and a device to be controlled thereby, a latch pivoted upon the side of said bar, and a trip pivoted at its ends to the upper and lower bars respectively and having its intermediate leasing bar, an operating means common to portion bearing against the said latch both said bars, means for connecting the setwhereby upon movement of the lower bar ting bar to a mechanism to be controlled, 10 the latch Will be moved against the top of and releasing connections between the set- 5 the housing and the rack on the upper bar ting bar and the releasing bar. released from the said tooth. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. 9. The combination of a setting bar, a re- FRED F. GILLETT. [L. 5.]

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